{"id":3434,"date":"2018-04-09T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T01:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2018-04-09T09:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T01:31:24","slug":"draft-no-4-on-the-writing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2018\/04\/09\/draft-no-4-on-the-writing-process","title":{"rendered":"Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was about to purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Draft-No-4-Writing-Process-ebook\/dp\/B06X18NHC1\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523208143&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=draft+no+4&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=b66fd3137f2de72f382a3b2f012dcdd2\">Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee<\/a>, but then I read <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/144795\/can-afford-write-like-john-mcphee\">Who Can Afford to Write Like John McPhee?<\/a>. Apparently most of the book has already been published in The New Yorker. So I might just settle for the audiobook, and\/or read the articles in Instapaper (probably both; to listen to it in transit, with the ability to highlight notes in the articles). <\/p>\n<p>First, I needed a <a href=\"https:\/\/search.schlowlibrary.org\/Record\/412746\/TOC\">table of contents<\/a>. Then I found pretty much all his work at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/john-mcphee\">author page<\/a>. Now the articles, presented in order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2011\/11\/14\/progression\">Progression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2013\/01\/14\/structure\">Structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2012\/07\/02\/editors-publisher\">Editors &amp; publisher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/04\/07\/elicitation\">Elicitation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/03\/09\/frame-of-reference-john-mcphee\">Frame of reference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2009\/02\/09\/checkpoints\">Checkpoints<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2013\/04\/29\/draft-no-4\">Draft no. 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/09\/14\/omission\">Omission.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Draft%20No.%204%3A%20On%20the%20Writing%20Process&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2018%2F04%2F09%2Fdraft-no-4-on-the-writing-process&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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